Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Rachael and I spent the week between Christmas and New Year's in the Arctic. Okay, it wasn’t officially the Arctic, but it sure felt that way. We were up at our mountain house in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania where the temperature struggled to hit double-digits during the day and dipped down to near zero at night. We arrived just as a cold front was arrivi

It’s Christmas Eve, and the presents are wrapped and piled up beneath the tree. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, a few of them already stuffed with goodies and trinkets, most of which have probably been made in China. My credit card is full, too, of charges from weeks of spending on gifts. I always overspend my budget at Christmastime, and this year is no exception. The presents, the gift cards, the dinners out.  Spend, spend, spend. I feel blessed that though

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Where has Fall gone? I always look forward to the Fall season—the changing of the leaves, the colors, the crisp, cool temperatures—and this year, it seems that autumn has come and gone in the blink of an eye. It’s only the middle of October and we’ve already had a few snowflakes up here in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. The grass has stopped growing. I’ve